Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s The Assassin of the Tsar (Collector’s Edition)
The geniuses at Deaf Crocodile have brought another of director Karen Shakhnazarov’s work into the spotlight. This time the mercurial The Assassin ofContinue Reading
Tag: Russia
Blu-Ray Review: Shout Factory’s Giovanni’s Island (GKIDS)
Giovanni’s Island is a harrowing piece of wartime coming of age. After nearly a decade this beautiful and powerful movie makes itsContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s Zero Grad (Collector’s Edition)
Deaf Crocodile continues to amaze with their curated restorations. The almost indescribable communist satire Zero Grad is no exception to their Midas touchContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s Sampo (Special Edition)
The fine folks at Deaf Crocodile have done it again bringing another cinematic jewel from Russian Director Aleksandr Ptushko. This timeContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Deaf Crocodile’s Ilya Muromets
The fine folks at Deaf Crocodile have done it again bringing to Blu-Ray a vital piece of World Genre CinemaContinue Reading
Film Review: Firebird (2022)
Based on the memoirs of the lead character, Firebird is a story of love and longing in, of all places, a SovietContinue Reading
Compartment No 6 – MANIFF 2022
Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winner Compartment No 6 gets a showing at Manchester Film Festival. A snowy journey with real warmth.Continue Reading
Film Review: Brighton 4th (2022)
A success at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, Brighton 4th is a tender, sad portrait of the illusion of immigration and theContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Jet Pilot (KL Studio Classics)
The Cold War gets hot with Wayne and Leigh in Jet Pilot the Technicolor Action Romantic by Joseph Von Sternberg and HowardContinue Reading
Far Eastern Golgotha – Raindance Film Festival 2021
Taxi driver Viktor Toroptsev is an unlikely YouTube sensation, but this documentary about a man determined to change things inContinue Reading